now
is gone
now
is gone
now . . .
French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the nature of time, in the context of an argument amongst philosophers, in two books - Intuition of The Instant, and The Dialectic of Duration.
In The Kiss Reverberant, Frank Prem interprets Bachelard's explorations of the poetic element time, decanting the vivid imagery contained within the philosopher's work into new and accessible free verse poetic storytelling forms, bringing each story to life.
time
passes in an instant
and you might have been
that one
I
might be the next
Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet for more than forty years, and has spent his working life in various parts of the public psychiatry system in Victoria (Australia). He has been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies, in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as 'spoken word'.He and his wife live in the beautiful township of Beechworth in the North East of Victoria.